Unit 3 DBQ - P1
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Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which rulers of land-based empires were able to consolidate their power in the period 1450-1750.
Document 1
Father Paul Simon, missionary to the Safavid court of Shah Abbas the Great in the city of Isfahan, his report to Pope Clement VIII, 1605
Document 2
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Hapsburg Ambassador to Suleiman the Magnificent, Constantinople, from letters sent to the Austrian Emperor, 1554 to 1562
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“The sultan’s hall was crowded with people, . . . but there was not in all that
great assembly a single man who owed his position to anything save valor and merit. No distinction is attached to birth among the Turks. . . . In making his appointments, the Sultan pays no regard to any pretensions on the score of wealth or rank, nor does he take into consideration recommendations or popularity. He considers each case on its own merits, and examines carefully into the character, ability, and disposition of the man whose promotion is in question. . . . Those who receive the highest offices from the Sultan . . . do not believe that high qualities are either natural or hereditary, nor do they think that they can be handed down from father to son, but that they are partly the gift of God, and partly the result of good training [in state schools], great industry, and unwearied zeal. . . Among the Turks, therefore, honors, high posts, and judgeships are the rewards of great ability and good service. If a man be dishonest, or lazy, or careless, he remains at the bottom of the ladder. This is the reason that they are successful in their undertakings . . . and are daily extending the bounds of their empire.” 
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Sophia Ghegan
Sophia Ghegan
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I think this would fall under the category of being outside of government control because the birth does not decide your place in the government, what you do decides your placement.
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Mr. Will LeCompte
Mr. Will LeCompte
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rulers utilizing beaurcracy to solidate power
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Lexi Thomas
Lexi Thomas
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he focuses on the character of citizens and not their background when choosing government officials
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Doc 2 is a good example for education because it shows how the sultan values meritocracy and education over familial connections. Providing equal opportunities for success to everyone allows the sultan to be successful in expanding his empire. 
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The people in power are educated in state schools, and they are chosen to lead based off of their merits. 
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This shows that the leaders pick their leaders by skill and merit which shows how they have a strong army 
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Document 3
Source: Peter I, Decree on Compulsory Education of the Russian Nobility (1714)
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Send to every gubernia [region] some persons from mathematical schools to teach the children of the nobility—except those of freeholders and government clerks—mathematics and geometry; as a penalty [for evasion] establish a rule that no one will be allowed to marry unless he learns these [subjects]. Inform all prelates to issue no marriage certificates to those who are ordered to go to schools. . . . The Great Sovereign has decreed: in all gubernias children between the ages of ten and fifteen of the nobility, of government clerks, and of lesser officials, except those of freeholders, must be taught mathematics and some geometry. Toward that end, students should be sent from mathematical schools [as teachers], several into each gubernia, to prelates and to renowned monasteries to establish schools. During their instruction these teachers should be given food and financial remuneration . . . from gubernia revenues set aside for that purpose by personal orders of His Imperial Majesty. No fees should be collected from students. When they have mastered the material, they should then be given certificates written in their own handwriting. When the students are released they ought to pay one ruble each for their training. Without these certificates they should not be allowed to marry nor receive marriage certificates.
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Jordyn S
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This is an example of government mandated education.It is also incentivized education from the government (to obtain a marriage certificate)
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e George Izard
e George Izard
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Rulers were not able to consolidate power by strengthening bureaucracy because Russia could not stop a revolution in the 1900s.
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The Russians clearly value education in that all citizens of Russia should be educated and intelligent for generations to come. The government is providing these services for free, as well.
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Sophia Ghegan
Sophia Ghegan
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I think this would fall under the education category because it is a statement declaring that everyone must be educated on the topics which the government had decreed necessary.
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Mr. Will LeCompte
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rulers using education to form a well educated state where its subjects are loyal to the state
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The entire document stresses the importance of education, but this line sticks out because it shows how much education was valued. The way that teachers and schools were compensated shows how much respect they had in society.
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Document # 4
Source: The Edicts of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Excerpts from Collection of Swords, 1588
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Source: The Kangxi Emperor at the age of 45, painted in 1699
This image shows how the emperor is a well-educated man, and through this, he is persuading the people of China that education is a powerful tool and that it has led to his great success. By demonstrating the power of education, he is trying to persuade the population to become educated.
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